Delhi High Court awards ₹10 lakh damages to Google in trademark lawsuit

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed consultancy firm Google Enterprises Pvt Ltd and its associated entities to pays ₹10 lakh as damages to tech-giant Google LLC for misusing its trademark.

Ruling in favour of Google LLC on its lawsuit to permanently restrain the defendants from infringing its trademark, Justice Sanjeev Narula observed that the defendants used the "Google" mark without due authorisation and indulged in "deception and trickery" as they "misrepresented to the public" that they were associated with Google India and had the modus operandi to dupe them.